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They put it into the hands of those supervising the work in the house of the LORD, who in turn gave it to the workmen restoring and repairing the house of the LORD.

And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

Josiah, however, did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to fight him on the Plain of Megiddo.

Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.

At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”

You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.

For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.

In the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.

Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.

“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.

When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.

Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?

…so that you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?

And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

…to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,

He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.

Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.

He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.

Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.

All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.

I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.

Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.

Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.

Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”

Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.

Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.

Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.

…how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!

Turn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant.

He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.

Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.

The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.

May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.

Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.

But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.

…in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.

Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.

Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.

So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.

Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

…or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.

Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.

Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.

Turn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.

I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.

Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.

Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”

Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

For in just a little while My fury against you will subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.”

The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?

In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.

The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.

And the LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; He will strike them but heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them.

Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”

And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”

I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.

I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.

Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.

I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.

Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:

Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,

“The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.

I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?

…you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.

Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”

Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”

So you are to tell them this is what the LORD says: “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not return?

Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?

Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.

Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.

O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.

Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and correct your ways and deeds.’

Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.

…this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.

For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert, like cities that are uninhabited.

The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.

The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.

Perhaps they will listen and turn—each from his evil way of life—so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.

The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.

Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.

The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.

I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.